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You may associate L.A. chef Michael Voltaggio with wagyu beef cheek and lollipop kale, but soon you'll see him trekking through the jungles of Cambodia chomping on spiders and cooking meals for people embroiled in political conflict. Voltaggio — the former Top Chef-er who owns acclaimed restaurant ink. and its...

Alan Richman, GQ's restaurant critic, has more than doubled his Best New Restaurants list this year, and instead of getting the 10 best new eateries according to Richman we now get 25. The print edition of the list will be on newsstands tomorrow, Feb 24, but the list is available...

It was a big week in the world of L.A. food journalism, with changes at the LA Times and an announcement of a new high profile West Coast food position. Plus plenty to talk about in food policy, food television and more. These are the stories that caught our attention...

If you are one of the 18,000 lucky musicians, celebrities, entourage members, press agents or sponsors attending the 57th Annual Grammy Awards this Sunday, you might be eating from a selection from one of the Staples Center's two distinct suite menus for the evening. Thousands of plates of bacon caviar...

Which fen dining mainstay has a new chef and menu concept? Which food superstar just got on Instagram? What's the worst restaurant to work at in America (allegedly)? Find out in this week's food news roundup. The L.A. Times reports on a couple of shakeups in the restaurant scene: Trattoria...

Are your corn chips evil? Is Lagunitas stupid? Are bloggers lame for taking comped food? These questions and more, answered (or at least debated) in this week's food news roundup. This week's episode of Food Is The New Rock features Trois Mec chef Ludo Lefebvre, in which he and FITNR...